About Us
Men Stopping Violence no longer operates. However, other organizations that provide help for women affected by male violence and also engage men as allies include A Call to Men, White Ribbon USA, and Futures Without Violence.
Here’s more about these organizations:
- A Call to Men is focused on changing men’s and boys’ ideas about women, shaped by collective socialization, by offering educational resources and trainings. Accountability, education, and women's empowerment are its main principles.
- White Ribbon USA’s mission is to curb and prevent domestic violence through educating men, and supporting and advocating for women. It’s dedicated to establishing gender equality and creating awareness against abuse and discrimination.
- As for Futures Without Violence, it stands for empowering people and companies to end violence against women and children worldwide. It also trains professionals such as doctors, nurses, athletic coaches, and judges to help them respond to violence and abuse more effectively.
Founded in 1982, Men Stopping Violence was an organization that helped end male violence against women by organizing men and educating them about women's rights.
In the 21st century, abuse against women is still at the highest levels. It’s primarily shown through domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, and other forms of gender-based violence. To make these issues less pervasive and make the world safer for women, it was important for us to engage men in conversations and work with them through different programs.
During the organization’s 40-year existence, we made it our priority to teach men and boys to advocate for change for those who needed it the most. We did it by giving men access to educational courses, internships, volunteering programs, and other effective tactics through which we educated them about becoming women’s allies in the fight for justice and equality.
We believe that men can and must be part of the solution to make the world a better place for girls and women, especially with the help of organizations that lead them in the right direction and show what it’s like to be a part of the vulnerable population.
We, as an organization that used to work towards creating a positive change for women, were leading critical societal conversations with those who were interested in exploring the issue of violence against the female community. All males are husbands, sons, fathers, cousins, siblings, and community members, and those who participated in our programs were eager to understand what they could do to ensure their wives, mothers, daughters, nieces, sisters, and just the women they knew were protected from the unfair treatment women in society are exposed to.
Our achievements are the result of our leaders who worked tirelessly to transform the lives of women in vulnerable situations. In general, 1,030 men were engaged in our programs and trainings, not including the 18,000 people reached through the Vaccine Equity and Access Program.